jyu6遇

Jyutpingjyu6

Yaleyuh

語素Common

Definition

To meet or encounter.

colloquialdaily actionspeople

How it's used

遇 is a bound morpheme that rarely stands alone in spoken Cantonese, usually requiring a suffix or a compound to function as a verb. It often appears as 遇着 or 遇到 to express the accidental nature of an encounter. Use it when describing situations that happen by chance rather than planned meetings.

Examples

ngo5我喺hai2街gaai1度dou6遇jyu6返faan1個go3舊gau6同tung4學。

I ran into an old classmate on the street.

nei5你ping4平si4時faan1返gung1工wui2會m4唔wui2會jyu6遇zoek3着sak1塞ce1車aa1呀？

Do you usually run into traffic jams on your way to work?

Related words

synonymzong6撞jonghsee alsogin3見gin

Common phrases

jyu6遇dou3到

to encounter

jyu6遇zoek6着

to run into

soeng1相jyu6遇

to meet each other

Common mistake

Learners often confuse 遇 with 見, but 遇 implies an unexpected or chance encounter, whereas 見 is neutral and can refer to planned meetings or simple visual perception.